Sinomach China Perfect Machinery will carry out construction of the refinery. Construction is expected to complete by end-2015, Xinhua said, without mentioning a start date. Upon completion, the plant will have the capacity to refine 5 million tpy of oil products, equivalent to about 100,000 bpd,

The oil refinery will be located on an
80-hectare area within a boundary of Preah Sihanouk province
and Kampot province, Xinhua reported, citing Zhang
Sugang, president of Sinomach China Perfect Machinery Industry
Corp.

Sinomach China Perfect Machinery, a state-owned firm with
diverse businesses ranging from oil engineering to property,
will carry out construction of the refinery, Xinhua said.

Construction is expected to complete
by end-2015, Xinhua said, without mentioning a start
date.

Upon completion, the plant will have the capacity to refine
5 million tpy of oil products, equivalent to about 100,000
bpd, Mr. Zhang said.

Cambodia's oil demand is forecast to rise to 3 million-4
million tpy eventually, up from 1 million currently, in
tandem with rising economic growth. That's according to Sok An,
the chairman of Cambodian National Petroleum Authority. He
is also the country's deputy prime minister.

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Here is another fat cat,Sok Anh,who is Deputy P M and also chairman of national petroleum authority.He has taken plenty of land from Cambodian people, currently lands are under his current wife's name. He was the architect of holding back the corruption laws until the money laundering through many facets including land sale in Cambodia. Now, many of officials' wife are told to have businesses set up to cover up the assets.